Later she went back to her worries; she was a very persistent young woman.
"I hope you boys are going to attend to that contest business right away," she said, with a pucker between her eyes and not much twinkle in them.

"There's something about that which I don't quite understand.
I heard Florence Hallman and Kate talking yesterday about it going by default.

Are you sure it's wise to put off filing your answers so long?
When are you supposed to appear, James ?" "Me?
On or before the twenty-oneth day of July, my dear girl.

They lumped us up and served us all on the same day--I reckon to save shoe-leather; therefore, inasmuch as said adverse parties have got over a week left--" "You'd better not take a chance, waiting till the last day in the afternoon," she warned him vaguely.

"Maybe they think you've forgotten the date or something--but whatever they think, I believe they're counting on your not answering in time.